How to Replace Front Shock 2000-06 GMC Yukon

Take this center cap off. We'll just use a straight blade screwdriver. Just get behind here, slide it off. The lug nuts off. Use a 22-millimeter socket. Now take the wheel off.

Just gonna use a little rust penetrant. Spray that down. Let that soak a little bit. Just gonna use a screw jack. You can always use a jack stand underneath the control arm just to support the control arm. Spray this down. Little rust penetrant. Let it soak. Now I'm gonna use a 21-millimeter wrench on the bolt and 21-millimeter socket. Take the nut off. All right, now we can take this bolt out. If this bolt's tight in there, try to raise up on the screw jack a little bit. Just be careful. Slide that bolt out.

You can try to use a 14-millimeter wrench and then some locking pliers on the stud to prevent it from spinning. If that doesn't work for you, I'm gonna use a 14-millimeter socket and a ratchet and then I'm gonna use come channel-locking pliers or channeled pliers. Hold this from spinning. Try to loosen this up. There we go. And if you use a pneumatic gun it'll be a little bit easier. Oh, and sometimes you break it off. And that's okay. Slide this off. And slide it out.

These washers, and then the bushing. And line this in position. And take the other bushing. And the other washer. And put the nut on. Get that started. Now I'll just take a 14-millimeter ratchet wrench, then I can use a 5-millimeter wrench to hold the stud from spinning. And tighten this up. And if you can get a torque wrench on there, torque that to 15-foot-pounds. That's good. And slide the bolt through. Put the nut on. And then torque that nut to 59-foot-pounds. And lower the screw jack. Now put the wheel back on. And the lug nuts. And now I'm gonna torque these lug nuts in a star pattern or cross pattern to 140-foot-pounds to tighten the wheel down evenly. And just go around again. Double-check. And put the center cap on.